Chapter 123 Blind Date

He wanted to come and say hello yesterday when he knew Lin Shu was coming, but he was a little embarrassed and felt ashamed. Today, he was helping out at the meeting, and he wanted to talk to her several times but didn't muster up the courage.

He was really ashamed. He had thought so much before, but now that her husband was back, he felt like, "Oh, I'll be struck to death by lightning. If Lu Shaotang knew, would he look down on me?"

He kept thinking like this, until the meeting was over and he saw Lin Shu and Lin Xia were about to leave, and then he finally gritted his teeth and rushed over to say hello.

Lin Shu was very happy to see him, "How is Comrade Wei Ling? I haven't seen her for a while."

Wei Lan: "Yes, she's fine. I'm very happy to receive your letter, Comrade Lin Shu, congratulations."

Congratulations on your husband's safe return.

Lin Shu thought he was congratulating her on being selected as an advanced worker, and smiled, "That's all the kindness of the leaders."

She introduced her sister to Wei Lan.

When Wei Lan heard that Lin Shu wanted to stay here for two days, she took the initiative to help arrange a guesthouse.

Just at this time, Jiang Weidong drove the factory's jeep over. He got off the car and went forward to chat with Wei Lan for a few words, and then said to Lin Xia, "Our old lady has been talking about Comrade Lin Shu all the time. Why don't you go to the factory?"

Lin Shu: "Will it be inconvenient? I can visit Aunt Jiang tomorrow."

Jiang Weidong said, "What's inconvenient? If the old lady knew that I let you stay in the guesthouse instead of going home, she would not let me go."

Every time Lin Xia returned to the rolling steel factory, Aunt Jiang would not let her live in the collective dormitory, but would drive him to sleep in the dormitory. He had already gotten used to it.

Lin Xia thought that Mrs. Jiang really liked the third sister and always talked about her every time they met. Since the third sister is here, let's go over.

Qiu Lina was watching from the side. She was startled when she heard Lin Shu call Wei Lan's name. It couldn't be such a coincidence, right?

Could this Wei Lan be the Wei Lan that my cousin wanted to introduce to me?

He is indeed a good-looking man, and he seems to be gentle and easy to get along with. But he has a good relationship with Lin Shu?

What if... would Lin Shu say bad things about her behind her back?

She suddenly panicked.

Lin Shu didn't know about Qiu Lina's entanglement. She said goodbye to Wei Lan, and then took Jiang Weidong's car with Lin Xia to the steel rolling mill.

As expected, Mrs. Jiang was very happy to see Lin Shu and her sister.

She held Lin Shu's hand and said affectionately, "I heard that the county and the commune below also came to the city for a meeting, so I thought you would definitely come and look forward to seeing you."

Lin Shu: "Auntie, my children and I miss you too, they specially asked me to bring you some steamed cakes."

Fortunately, it was not too hot, so it would not be spoiled.

When Mrs. Jiang heard that they had not eaten dinner yet, she hurried to heat up the buns. She specially made buns with cabbage, shrimp skin and meat filling at home today, and heated up two pieces of steamed cakes to taste.

Jiang Weidong had dinner at home, and then took his roll to go to the dormitory.

Lin Shu apologized, "Director Jiang, I'm really sorry to bother you."

Jiang Weidong smiled and said, "Comrade Lin Shu, please don't be polite. If Comrade Lu comes to the city, please invite him to our house for dinner."

After Jiang Weidong left, Aunt Jiang lit the fire and asked Lin Shu and Lin Xia to wash up. The three women chatted intimately at night.

It was almost ten o'clock before Aunt Jiang reluctantly let them go to bed. Lin Xia had to go to work tomorrow.

The next day, Lin Shu got up early to help Aunt Jiang cook.

Aunt Jiang said happily, "I feel like I'm cooking with a lady. It's really exciting."

People who don't have a lady love a lady. She is as caring as a little cotton jacket. They can buy vegetables and go shopping together, make dumplings together, and talk about family matters.

What's the good of a son?

He will make people angry!

If you ask him to go shopping with you, he will have to show you a face that says you must be joking. Even if he reluctantly accompanies you, he won't help you bargain. He will look at you bargaining with others with an embarrassing look, and he would like to ask the vegetable seller to tell you not to bargain. Look at how easy it is for people to sell vegetables with baskets on their shoulders.

Ask him to help you make dumplings?

Dream on, he knows how to eat dumplings!

Either there is something going on in the factory or in the union, anyway, he is the busiest. After

making steamed cakes for breakfast, Aunt Jiang happily gave two pieces to the secretary's wife and several other families, and naturally did not leave out Jiang Weidong.

Lin Xia was going to work after breakfast, and she asked Lin Shu to stay for two more days. After finishing her work here, she would go to Qing County again, and she would go with her then.

Lin Shu agreed.

When Lin Xia was leaving with her bag on her back, Jiang Weidong happened to drive over.

Jiang Weidong: "Lin Xia, I just have something to go out for, so I'll give you a ride."

Lin Xia was too embarrassed to refuse him, so she said goodbye to Lin Shu and Old Lady Jiang and left in Jiang Weidong's car.

As soon as they left, Qian's mother, who was walking slowly, saw them.

She said anxiously: "What do they mean? What do they mean? Are they together or what?"

Her thigh has not recovered well yet, and she still walks with a stick.

She hurried home to find Qian's father and told him what she saw, "You have to report to the leader, and don't let Jiang Weidong and Lin Xia be together!"

Why can Lin Xia be with the deputy director of the factory when she divorced her son?

Jiang Weidong is even worse. Why did he ruin his son's marriage, and he is with Lin Xia?

If they dare to be together, she will go to the leader to complain that he had been plotting against Lin Xia for a long time and deliberately ruined her marriage!

But Qian's father was not interested. He was very angry. "You said that Lin Xia's divorce would have a bad impact and she was not worthy of being an advanced person, so you asked me to protest to the Revolutionary Committee. I asked Lao Tong to go with me, but the leader not only didn't listen but also scolded us."

His son didn't get the advanced title, so why should Lin Xia get it?

In the end, the leader gave the advanced title to her.

It's so unfair.

But so what?

Qian's mother was more and more convinced that Lin Xia was selected as an advanced person because she and Jiang Weidong were having an affair. If it wasn't for Jiang Weidong's face, how could she, a divorced woman, be selected as an advanced person?

Old Mrs. Jiang was still praising Lin Xia to Lin Shu at home.

"The workshop workers and team leaders voted for the advanced workers, and Lin Xia was selected. The leaders voted again, and she was unanimously approved. Even the director of women's affairs and the director of the factory office had no objection."

She originally thought that the director of women's affairs and the director of the factory office would resist. It seems that Lin Shu taught the canteen master chef how to make pickled fish and spicy fish and how to pickle kimchi. The

director of the factory office was too embarrassed to make trouble.

Lin Shu just smiled. Could the director of the factory office choose her second sister as an advanced worker just because she ordered kimchi? Of course, the director of the factory office recognized her second sister.

Old Mrs. Jiang: "At first they thought they had lost money by letting your second sister go to the power supply bureau, but in retrospect they found out they had made a fortune. Originally, the factory had power outages from time to time, but since your second sister went to the power supply bureau, our factory has had fewer power outages than before."

Power outages mean suspension of work, and production targets cannot be met.

Lin Shu was also very happy, "My second sister is really excellent, she deserves to be promoted."

Old Lady Jiang was not afraid of Lin Shu's laughter, so she confessed: "I wanted your second sister to be my daughter-in-law before, but I tried twice, and your second sister didn't seem to want to get married again. Alas, it seems that I, an old woman, don't have that blessing."

Lin Shu patted her hands and smiled, "Auntie, what are you talking about? As a daughter-in-law, I may not be as close to you as I am now."

Old Lady Jiang knew that she was comforting herself, and smiled, "Anyway, I don't have any concubines, and you two are both kind and easy-going concubines. I will treat you as my goddaughters."

Lin Shu immediately took her hand and sweetly called her godmother.

It was a blessing for her and her second sister to have such an upright, kind and courageous old lady as a godmother.

Old Lady Jiang still felt a little regretful, "Lin Xia is so good, it's a pity not to get married, she deserves better."

Lin Shu said, "Actually, my second sister is not..."

Just as she was talking, someone knocked on the door, "Sister-in-law, it's me."

It was Secretary Li's wife Han Yun.

Old Lady Jiang immediately invited her in.

Han Yun also brought two packets of snacks, and smiled at Old Lady Jiang and Lin Shu, "The steamed cake that Xiao Lin brought is really delicious. I have some snacks for the festival here. They are too sweet and I can't eat them. Give them to Sister-in-law and Xiao Lin."

Old Lady Jiang refused a few words and accepted them.

Seeing that Han Yun wanted to sit down and chat for a long time, Lin Shu helped to make tea.

Old Lady Jiang looked at the satisfaction in her heart. Really, whoever has a lady like Lin Shu would be so happy.

How considerate.

Han Yun also saw this and secretly praised Lin Shu for her good temper. Although Mrs. Jiang got along well with Lin Shu and her sister, she was actually notoriously difficult to get along with and had a bad temper in the factory.

She said to Mrs. Jiang, "Sister-in-law, good news. I will introduce Wei Dong to a girl that you will both be satisfied with." Mrs.

Jiang did not hold out much hope. Usually, there were many people who introduced girls to her son, especially at the end of last year, when she introduced girls of all kinds, but he was not interested in any of them.

Han Yun: "He will definitely like this one, she looks..." She turned her head to look at Lin Shu and smiled, "She has the same style as Lin Shu, fair skin and beautiful appearance."

Old Mrs. Jiang was a little tempted when she heard it. She was sure that her son liked someone like Lin Shu. Even a man as powerful as Lu Shaotang liked someone like Lin Shu, so how could her son not like her?

It's just that she was too embarrassed to say it.

Not to mention men, even she, an old lady, likes someone like Lin Shu.

Not only is she pretty, but she also has a good personality and is considerate.

Han Yun took out the small photo and showed it to Old Mrs. Jiang.

Old Mrs. Jiang couldn't see such a small photo clearly due to her presbyopia, so Lin Shu took a glass bottle filled with water and enlarged it for her to see.

Black and white photos erase people's skin color and defects.

Han Yun smiled and said, "What a clever girl."

Mrs. Jiang took a look. Although she was not as pretty as Lin Shu, that was okay. She had never seen anyone prettier than Lin Shu in her life, right?

The girl was not bad looking, with big, bright eyes that seemed to be able to speak.

She was satisfied with her and asked the girl about her requirements.

Han Yun gave her a general idea.

The girl's name was Han Xiaofen, who had the same surname as her but was not related.

Han Xiaofen was 26 years old. Her husband had died two years ago. She had a hard time raising a son and a daughter.

Her parents and eldest brother were happy to support her and often took the children over to eat with them. But her eldest sister-in-law was mean to her and disliked her for bringing the children over to eat for free.

She didn't want to remarry before and wanted to raise the children by herself, but she couldn't stand her sister-in-law who kept making trouble every now and then, making her family restless, so she wanted to remarry.

Her eldest son is 6 years old this year and her youngest daughter is 4 years old. The children are not big, but they can be raised.

She also brought photos of the two children.

Old lady Jiang saw that the two children were good-looking, the boy was chubby and the girl had big eyes like her mother, both of them were very lovable.

Old lady Jiang likes children, even if they are not her own children, as long as they are good children, she likes them.

She nodded: "I think they are not bad."

If Han Xiaofen and the two children are good, then she thinks it's okay. Even if her son disagrees this time, she will force him to go on a blind date.

In fact, she thinks her son has feelings for Lin Xia, otherwise he would not be so concerned about helping her.

For example, in normal times, when has he ever been so enthusiastic to help a female comrade?

Even if there were female comrades in the factory who needed help, he would always ask the director of women's affairs to come forward.

Moreover, Old Lady Jiang had never seen him praise other female comrades as much as he praised Lin Xia.

He himself did not know, and he kept denying it, asking her to be sensible and not to say anything that would affect Master Xiao Lin's reputation.

Last year, when Lin Xia just got divorced, she tried to match him with Lin Xia, but he shook his head when he heard it, saying that Master Xiao Lin would be criticized if he said that.

Originally, the old lady was not familiar with Sister Lin Xia, and he was not familiar with Lin Xia either. If someone proposed her divorce, it would not matter. Whether it would succeed or not, no one else could gossip about it.

But they have such a good relationship, and he and the old lady have made great efforts in Lin Xia's divorce. If he proposes to Lin Xia, not only will the Qian family have opinions and gossip, but I'm afraid everyone in the factory will gossip that he and Lin Xia have had an affair for a long time, and he deliberately arranged for the couple to divorce so that he can reap the benefits.

It doesn't matter to him as a man, as long as he behaves uprightly, he is not afraid of being investigated or talked about, and his work will not be affected. But it's different for Lin Xia, a female comrade. This will hurt her too much and will definitely affect her work.

He didn't explain it to Mrs. Jiang in such detail,

so Mrs. Jiang naturally didn't understand. Although she felt regretful, Mrs. Jiang also thought it through. Men and women like each other in this life. Whether they can be together depends on fate. No one has to be with anyone.

Since Lin Xia is not suitable, she will continue to introduce people to her son.

She has already told Han Yun to make an appointment to meet Han Xiaofen.

Han Yun helped to make an appointment at her house. If she is free the day after tomorrow, she asked Han Xiaofen to come over to help cut clothes. She wants to make a summer skirt for her daughter.

Mrs. Jiang happily agreed, and after Han Yun left, she asked Lin Shu to help pack the gifts. But

Lin Shu didn't know why, but her mind suddenly became confused and she remembered some of the original plot.

The original book naturally didn't specifically write about a deputy factory director, but was mentioned only in connection with the villain Lu Pan.

Lu Pan and Tiantian had a good two years at the second aunt's house. After all, the second aunt loved them and took good care of them. Although Mother Qian was dissatisfied, she was not too mean. Qian Lisheng was kind to the children and often thought about taking over Panpan.

Tiantian's leg was broken at that time, so she was a little self-enclosed and didn't like to communicate with others. Panpan, on the other hand, became more lively and clever, and full of ideas.

Except for his second aunt and Tiantian, he rarely showed his true feelings.

In order to please his second uncle and let him treat his second aunt and his siblings better, he would occasionally call Qian Lisheng "Qian Dad", which made Qian Lisheng very happy.

Qian's mother, an old lady, was even more fooled by him.

Lu Pan and Lu Tian, ​​brother and sister, were very outstanding in the steel mill's family compound. Lu Tian was the most beautiful, Lu Tian had the best grades, and Lu Pan was the most thoughtful and popular.

Many children in the family compound were good to him, but Jiang Xiaomin and Tong Xiaojun did not treat Lu Pan well.

As a result, many conflicts occurred between the two groups of children.

Once Jiang Xiaomin teased Lu Tian and was severely beaten by Lu Pan, who was younger than him. He found someone to ambush Lu Pan and broke his head.

Jiang Xiaomin's mother Han Xiaofen came to apologize, but she was gloomy and said that Lu Tian's skirt attracted her son's attention, which led to the conflict. She also told her not to wear skirts in the future, because she could not guarantee that she would attract other men again.

The second aunt ignored the obstruction of Qian's mother and Qian Lisheng and scolded Han Xiaofen on the spot, telling her to take care of her son and not to care about other people's daughters.

Because her third sister and brother-in-law were gone, she wanted to dress Lu Tian up beautifully, and she couldn't stand Han Xiaofen's blaming the child.

Han Xiaofen was angry and left, but she was still not satisfied, so she rushed to the factory office to find the leader to make the decision.

The factory leader, for Jiang Weidong's sake, naturally tried to smooth things over, asking the Jiang family to pay for the medical expenses and Jiang Xiaomin to apologize, but he did not criticize Han Xiaofen's words and deeds.

Jiang Xiaomin's adoptive father Jiang Weidong admitted his mistakes very sincerely, gave Jiang Xiaomin a good scolding, and told Han Xiaofen not to talk about other people's affairs.

However, this incident planted the seeds of hatred between Jiang Xiaomin and Han Xiaofen.

Han Xiaofen originally felt that the second-married man did not care enough about her original children, and her mother-in-law liked the son she gave birth to to Jiang Weidong more. She was not very happy, and now she is even more unhappy.

Later, the second aunt passed away, and Lu Pan and his brother returned to the countryside. Two years later, when Lu Pan went to the city to do a small business, he mentioned Jiang Weidong's family again. Jiang Weidong

's biological son was gone.

His brother and sister took him out to play, but the child was greedy and went swimming in the river and accidentally drowned and could not be saved.

Old Mrs. Jiang felt sorry for her grandson, and her body collapsed all of a sudden. She was sick for two months and then she died.

Later, Lu Pan made money and hooked up with his father's comrade-in-arms Chen Yanming.

Once when he went to Chen Yanming's place, he learned that the Public Security Bureau had arrested a group of prisoners, one of whom was called Wei Xiaomin. He resold the steel approval slips of the steel rolling factory and stole the steel from the steel rolling factory to sell.

He confessed to the Public Security Bureau, saying that it was his adoptive father who gave him the approval note and that his adoptive father wanted to make money and ordered him to resell.

At that time, Jiang Weidong was already the factory director, and he had the power to do so, but the factory secretary and the director of the factory office did not believe it.

They cooperated with the Public Security Bureau to investigate, and the matter had nothing to do with Jiang Weidong.

Wei Xiaomin was sentenced to 15 years, and Han Xiaofen was desperate to ask Jiang Weidong to get her son out. Jiang Weidong not only did not help, but resigned instead.

Although the organization did not punish him, he was ashamed to be in a high position, so he naturally had to resign on his own initiative.

The book did not mention what the Jiang family's ending was, but it was not expected to be very good.

Imagine Jiang Weidong lost his only son and mother in middle age, and his reputation was ruined by his adopted son, and his career came to an abrupt end. Naturally, he would not be happy in his later years.

Thinking of this, Lin Shu wanted to quietly remind Mrs. Jiang.

She didn't need to say bad things about Han Xiaofen, she just needed to let Mrs. Jiang secretly investigate Han Xiaofen.

How can someone introduced by others replace your own eyes?

In the original plot, Mrs. Jiang trusted Han Yun too much. After all, she was the secretary's daughter-in-law, and she thought that the person she introduced must be good. Besides, Mrs. Jiang herself thought that she had a good impression of him, so she forced her son to go on a blind date without asking too much.

She wanted her son to have a family again, so she forced her son to get married even if he was not happy.

After the marriage, when they had a son and a grandson, Mrs. Jiang was satisfied. Jiang Weidong also liked them, but no one expected the ending to be like that.

Lin Shu said to Mrs. Jiang, "Auntie, in our countryside, the success or failure of marriage depends entirely on the matchmaker's words. Sometimes the matchmaker is deceived if he can't find out."

She told several examples in the village, where the man had a subtle disability, which was kept secret during the marriage, and was only known after the marriage.

There was also a woman who got together with someone else, got pregnant, and hurried to find a replacement.

The custom in the countryside is that you can say whatever you want when you are dating and negotiating the gift. If it doesn't work out, at most they will say you are scheming and calculating. Once the gifts are given and the marriage is concluded, especially after the wedding, it will be the same whether it is good or bad. Even if you are deceived, you have to grit your teeth and endure it.

Even if most of them knew they were cheated after marriage, they would just endure it and live a down-to-earth life.

Mrs. Jiang thought, there are also such people in her village, but she thinks Han Yun is a reliable person, and the introduction must be good.

But since Lin Shu said so, and she has nothing to do at home, why not let Lin Shu accompany her out for a walk.

So the two of them did not wait until the day after tomorrow, but took a car to Han Xiaofen's work and residence that day to find someone to secretly inquire.

Lin Shu took Old Lady Jiang to inquire at Han Xiaofen's parents' workplace. After Han Xiaofen's husband died, she took her children back to her parents' home every now and then to eat. Her sister-in-law was very resentful, but her parents and brother blamed her sister-in-law for being narrow-minded and inhumane.

It should be easier to find out more if we go there.